Tarik Skubal beat Zack Wheeler in a very high-quality pitching matchup. The 2024 American League Cy Young winner logged seven innings and conceded three runs and five hits. Skubal had 10 strikeouts and zero walks. Wheeler allowed four runs (three earned) and nine hits in six-plus innings. He also struck out 10 and walked no one.

They were rewarded for staying in the bottom of the frame when Bryce Harper singled, J.T. Realmuto knocked him in with a double and Nick Castellanos hammered a Skubal changeup 428 feet to center field for a two-run homer that cut the score to 5-3 before the lefty quickly recovered to retire the last three hitters.